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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
‘ ' MONDAY MORNING, APR*. 20.
Ilarrisou and Tyleif
The proceedings of a large routing of the
State Rights part/ in Macon and th^ Editorial re
marks of the Macon Messenger, wig be found vn
this day’s papar, which are worthy lie most pro
found consideration of every Georgia.
No man who has been observarj of the pro
gress of events in Georgia for the la;« few
can doubt that her citizens, in comAon with the
people of every other Stale in ll* I nion, are
moving on the subject of the appif aching elec
tion for President and Vice President. The cri
sis demands it, and with a conscio>| ness that we
are now on the eve of one of the i|ost important
elections since the elevation of Jefferson to
■lk
the Chief Magistracy, the people •» e arousing to
battle as freemen for the victory, s
Sensibly impressed with the responsibili
ty which rests upon us as a public:; journalist, in
a crisis so replete with consequents of the most
vital importance to the country aid its institu
tions, we cannot consent to becomi a “mere look
er on in Venice. We shall therefore, while we
adhere strictly to the sentiment expressed in our
opening address to our patrons, tof e governed by
the determination of the Convention of
with whom we arc associated, contribute our
humble efforts, to carry out the viefes of the meet
ing in Macon. We arc impelled 2> this course
from a high sense of duty to the its in
stitutions, and the important priijiples involved
in the contest, which we regaid alparamount to
any other consideration. *
In urging, therefore, upon the consideration of
the approaching Convention, thclrlaims of Gen*
Harrison to the support of thei opposition in
Georgia to the present Administruion, we
do so in that spirit of calmness, fevhich the prin
ciplcs involved requires, and whir' we trust will
induce the people to reflect and xi! iture w’ell their
judgments. For we desire not ! engage in a
contest which cannot be sustainc* by reason, and
which is not m our opinion tena !e. With due
deference therefore to the opinion of those who
differ from us, with some of whoi we have here
tofore acted in concert, we shr 1 compare the
claims of Gen. Harrison and Mr Van Buren to
the support of the people of Gee gia.
But before we proceed to cont st the relative
merits of the two prominent can idates for the
Presidency, we must notice the lomination by
some of oar cotemporaries of thu \ distinguished
patriot, ami son of Georgia, ? ieo. M. Troup.
And here we desire not to belmisunderstood.
Although we yield to none in fe-ur admiration
of the sterling worth and stern r«| üblican princi
ples of Gov. Troup, we have alwiys regarded his
nomination a very impolitic me inure. The rea
sons to our mind are conclusive . Under no cir
cumstances could lie get the sup ort of any other
State in the Union than Geo jia, the conse
quence would be, that our vote :ould not only
be thrown away, but we would ! ; assuming neu
trality toward the two prominen candidates, and
while we were professing to opj .se an adminis
tration which vve smcerly regard is the most cor
rupt and abandoned which has »Ger been in pow
er in this country, would, by *sir advocacy of
Governor Troup, absolutely giv' | the administra
te tion a negative support. In a Crisis like this,
neutrality is not a virtue, nor cs ? it ever be con
sidered one in a contest, that m; y in one event
confide the administration of th ■ government to
the hands of republicans, or h another resign
our cherished institutions to the, :ontrol of Goths
and Vandals. |
There are, therefore, but tw > candidates for
this high office, between whoi , the People, of
Georgia must choose. Hence > . udence dictates,
;
that they should thoroughly sc n the merits of
each, and determine who is the uost worthy. To
enable them to decide correct!} in a matter so
important, we propose on the pr sent occas : on to
take a brief review of the past c reer of both.
Gen. Harrison, to whom v *. unhesitatingly
yield the palm, is the son of a Istinguished pat
riot of the revolution, and sign r of the declara
tion of independence, which sir ;le act if he had
never performed another, was s fficient glory for
one man. IS urtured and reared o the Old Domin
ion, the cradle of liberty, the irth-place of the
greatest spirits the world hasev r produced, edu
cated in the purest republican s bools, at an early
age he was impelled, by a pro und sense of the
obligation which every patriot ;els is due to his
country, to peril his life in her c use, rather than
seek domestic ease and quiet ar und the paternal
fire-side. Having finished his, :areer in his first
struggle for American institu ons, the sage and
patriot Jefferson, sensible of 1 s worth, intrcfclu
ced him to a new field of labor is Governor of the
North-M esleru Territory, in \ inch appointment
he was continued by that pure lisciple of Repub
licanism, the illustrious Madis a, who so highly
appreciated his worth as sub; quently to confer
upon him the distinguished ho or of quelling the
Indian disturbances in the Nil th-West, an ap*
pointment which subsequent ivents and history
attest was the most judicious- , With his milita
ry career our readers arc too . m vers ant, to ren
der it necessary for ue to endi iveur to swell the
medeof praise, with which a f aleful people have
crowned their patriot statesnu i and General. At
the"close of the war, he was < ccted a member of
Congress, in which station I remained as rep
resentative and Senator for n ny years, until he
was finally beaten because f his devotion to
Southern institutions. And dtho’ the Halls of
legislation were a new theat; for this hero of
two AV ars, the transfer was inly calculated to
exhibit in a more powerlul d ? rce his diversified
talents, and the Journals of ongress attest that
every thing he attempted, w ether in debate or
the drudgery ofbusiness, der mstrated the matu
rity of bUjudgment and the ‘publican character
of his principles; and to thi day, his speeches
both in the House and Senat are models of clear
reasoning combined with t! 3 most chaste and
forcible style of pure rhetoric But we are tres-
passing 100 long upon the indulgence of our read
ers, and wc will sum up in few words his character
and pri ncip ies. In a word he is a republican of
the purest school, he has through’ a public career of
near fifty years shown himself trust-worthy in the
most varied capacities of civilian and General, he
is the unyielding opponent of the disorganising
doctrines of the abolitionists, whether they be ap
i plied to the States or the district of Columbia, he is
the advocate of one Presidential term, and repu
diates the idea as at war with our political institu.
lions, of appointments for partisan services—and
i blessed as he is with a vigorous and highly culti
vated mind, thoroughly imbued with the great
principles of the republican party of America, he
will more probably administer the government up.
on those principles than his adversary. For a
more detailed sketch of his character and services
yon are refetred to the preamble of the Macon
Meeting.
OfMr. Van Buren, wc desire to say nothing but
what the history of the country and lus own acts
abundantly establish. He has been reared at the
Nort i, and early imbibed those principles which
have ever been regarded as anti-republican by the
Southern school. He was opposed to the war in
which General Harrison periled his life, to pro
tect the institutions of his country —the firm sup
porter of Rufus King, a distinguished federalist,
and voted to instruct him to oppose the admis
sion of Missouri into the Union, unless slavery
was prohibited. And although we do not charge
him with abolition, wc hesitate not to assert, that
on this question, General Harrison entertains
views more in accordance with Southern-feelings
than Mr. Van Buren. For while General Har
rison denies the right of Congress to interfere
with slavery, even in the district of
Mr. Van Buren has not had sufficient light to
induce his mind to come to the same conclusion.
He is the advocate of the Sub Treasury, a mea
sure which is daily merging almost every class of
our people in ruin, and although this favorite
measure of his administration has been thrice re
jected by the people, he still persists in urging it
upon the consideration of Congress, regardless of
the distress and ruin which it is daily producing;
and while he boldly declares by his acts that he
will continue to appoint men to office for parti
san services, he continues to carry out the prin
ciples of Jackson, by removing men from offices
ofthe highest trust, for no other reason, than a
difference of opinion, thereby establishing the
most perfect tyranny over the minds and princi
ples of men w'hich exists in any country, save
a complete despotism.
These and other principlesequah’y obnoxious to
republicans, not among the least of which is the
profligate use of the public treasure, as the re
ward tor prostitution of the high moral sense of
the people, have combined to render his adminis
tration the most abandoned and reckless of any
which has ever controuled the destinies of this
country.
Between such men, the State Rights party of
Georgia cannot hesitate which to choose. We
admit that both sustain principles to which they
do not subscribe; yet upon all those questions in
which they differ from the opposition in Georgia,
Van Buren is equally obnoxious as Harrison;
consequently on many other important questions
Harrison will fully represent their views. With
a proper regard then for all the great consequen
ces which are involved in this contest, we be
seech you to investigate thoroughly the merits of
each, and when you have determened, vve call
upon the State Rights party of Georgia, and the
opponents of Van Buren, to express their deli
berate convictions in primary assemblies of the
people, anil urge upon the approaching conven
tion their views.
New York City Election.
The New York Courier of Wednesday morn
ing says that Mr. Varian, the Van Buren candi
date for Mayor, is re-elected by something less
than fifteen hundred majority, being a reduced
majority since the last Fall election.
The New York Express of Wednesday morn
ing says; A very full vote has been p lied, quite
as full as if there had been three days voting.
Nearly forty thousand votes have been put in
the ballot box, and the poll stands thus, as near
as we could get at it last night;
For Varian, (Loco-Foco,) 12,382
“ Phoenix, (Whig.) 10,915
Yarian’s majority, 1,467
The election for Aldermen and Assistants in
the several wards resulted the same as last year,
viz. ten Whigs and twenty four Van Buren men.
Brooklyn-. —The Whig candidate for Mayor
of Brooklyn has been elected by a majority of 194,
and of the eighteen members composing the Com
mon Council, twelve Whigs are elected.
Correspondence of the North American.
New York, April 14, 1840.
The sales of Cotton are larger to-day than for
a long time past—say from 2;)00 to 2500 bales
at steady prices.
Flour and Grain stand just as I quoted them
yesterjay.
Bills on London 7£ to 8, dull; on Paris f5,27£,.
Domestic Exchanges—Philadelphia s£; Bal.
timore 5; Richmond a 6J; Charleston 3| a
4; Augusta 10 a 11; Macon 11 a 12; Savannah
7£ a Mobile 8 a 8£; New Orleans 7£ a B|.
An Important Rumor.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 15th says :
We have a rumor in (own, that a Message has ar.
rived from France, with an offer from Louis Phil
lippe, to mediate between the United States and
Great Britain, in the adjustment of the N. E.
Boundary Question.
Export of Teas.— We understand, says the
Boston Journal, that the ship Lowell, which will
sail in in a few days for Liverpool, will take out
as part of her cargo two thousand chests of teas !
The Dublin Mail has it her majesty gives Prince
Albert “half a crown ” by day, and a “sovereign”
at night.
The National Convention of whig young men
will assemble at Baltimore on the first Monday in
May, being the 4th of the month.
From the New Yo/k Herald and Commercial Adv.
Later from England,
f By the packet ship South America', Gapt. Dai
ly, we have received intelligence from England,
' to the 20th ult, from Liverpool, and 19th from
' London.
? England has now declared wad against
r China.—Lord Auckland has received instruc
tions to that effect.
' i We have the details of such active prepara
s ! tions of war in British India and in England, as
. invariably precedes a more open and formal decla
ration. By an overland mail, received at London
‘ from India, the London papers of the 11th ult.
5 published accounts from Canton to 15th of Dec.
- last, and many days later from Calcutta. The
t news was immediately given to the public, and
produced great excitement in London. There is
5 j n ot yet any formal declaration of war by Eng
- land, but it is well known that such a thing would
! I not be done till the government is ready to make
| a blow. The preparations in India and England
" i a.eon a very extensive scale.
1 Declauation of war against China, r.r
the British. —Intelligence reached London on
t the 1 llh of March, by the overland mail from In
dia, stating that the Governor General of India
has, in the name of the British Government, de
' dared wa r against China. This important news
i is contained in the despatches from Bombay, da
. ted January 31, and was brought to Marseilles
on the 7th. The most extensive preparations
1 were making in the Indian harbors. His lordship
had advertised for 40,000 tons of shipping, for
- the transport of the troops to China. 14.000 ot
which were to be supplied by Calcutta, and the
rest by Madras and Bombay.
The expedition was to rendezvous at and sail
r from Calcutta. Seven regiments quartered in this
. i as t presidency had been ordered to prepare for
t embarcation, and the whole expedition was to
consist of 16,000 men. Its destination was not
5 known, but it was deemed probable that it would
> i )e directed against Canton or some other point
. on the coast, of which forcible possession would
be kept until the Chinese Government should be
brought to reason.
, The last accounts from Canton are dated De
• cember 8. The Emperor had addressed to Gov
ernor Lin a decree prohibiting the importation of
all British goods for war, and the trade with Chi
na was consequently at an end.
r The Americans continued to pursue their trade
unmolested, and their ships were arriving and de
parting as usual.
It will be seen that the steam ship Liverpool
has been purchased for a government mail packet
for the Mediterranean.
The Slave Trade. —The Portugese slaver
Scorpion, with 710 slaves on board, which were
destined foi the Havana market, arrived at St.
Simon’s Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 22d
December, under command of Lieut. Conway, of
H. B. M. ship Modeste. He reported that the
Modcste had taken another vessel of the same de
scription with that he commanded.
London. Wednesday Evening, March 18.—
There has been but a little business doing in the
stock markets to-day, and prices remain without
alteration. Consols for the account closed at
9l£. and for money 90§ Exchequer bills 17
to 19.
Money contiues to be easy in the stock ex
exchange, the rate of interest varying from 4 to
5 per cent on short loans, and in thediscount mar
ket banker’s bills are done at 5 per cent, others
according to quantity.
From Gore's Advertiser March 19.
S pats. of Trade.—Manchester.— We have
no improvements to note this last week. Every
description of both goods and yarns have been
difficult to sell at last week’s quotations.
Frovi the Providence Herald, 13 ch instant.
Great Freshet in Rhode Island—Upwards
of Thirty Lives Lost.
We learn that there was a great overflowing of
the river and tributary streams near Providence,
on Sunday last, but no damage of much conse
quence was experienced in the city : but in the
neighboring town of Johnston, the effects of the
freshet have been truly awful. About 5 o’clock
A. M. nmday, the waters had become so much
swollen in the vicinity of the manufacturing vil
lage of Simmonsville, and belonging to James F.
Simmons, Esq. of Johnston, that the embankment
of the reservoir gave way, and the water imme
diately burst forth with tremendous power and
impetuosity, and many houses were carried off by
the flood, and a number of lives lost—how many,
however, it is impossible to ascertain ; but the
general impression is, that it is over twenty.
Postscript, A. M.—A gentleman direct
from the spot gives the following particulars.—
The dams were carried away, together with two
dwelling houses, the factory, a store, and a part
of a gust mill. The number of persons lost is
upwards of t.irty.
Later, I P. M.—Nineteen of the bodies have
been found, and many of the houses are surround
ed by water with the inhabitants in them, and it
is impossible to get access to them, thereby pre
venting the possibility of rendering any assist
ance to the sufferers.
i
—.
From the Macon Messenger.
“ The undeviating opposition of this paper, to
the present, as w'ell as the last administration is
well known. In common with the party of
■ which we form a component part, we opposed
the administration of Martin Van Buren, at its
i inception, because his accession to his present
station was effected by the influence, and at the
dictation of his predecessor, thereby establishing
a precedent, and recognizing a right, (that of no
■ initiation by the President, of his successor in
i office) at variance with the spirit of our institu
tions, and destructive of the elective franchise,
the most valuable and sacred privilege belonging
|to a free people. If for no other cause than this
j departure from the precepts and examples fur
j nished us by those pure spirits of an earlier and
j better age, who first designed, and then bled and
( died in sustaining our glorious Constitution, our
opposition to Van Buren wen Id still have been
constant invariable and decided. But excep
tionable as his accession to office was, his admin
istration throughout has been but a realization of
those gloomy forebodings, that were entertained
by all who gave due reflection to this departure
from the primary principles inculcated by the
Constitution—the omnipotence of the people in
the selection of their officers, and the preserva
tion of the purity of the elective franchise.
“ For once and once only, Van Buren has
kept his faith. He pledged himself to follow in
the footsteps of Ins illustrious predecessor, and
strictly has he done so. Some may regard this
imitation of a model, and such a model, as a
merit, we cannot so construe it. He could not,
it is true, have done otherwise than he has done ;
for if he had fortuitously been in possession of
principle, and a disposition to be honest, he had
not the moral courage to make an exhibition of
his nature, and shake off the shackles thrown
around him by his wary guardians, Benton, Ken
dal and other kindred spirits, whose constant
office has been, to keep him from deviating from
the line laid down in their own peculiar and pre
scribed code of morals and politics. Hence his
administration has been a continued succession
of executive usurpations, tending to the aggran
dizement of himself and political friend.s,°at the
cost of the interests of the people. The result
of his continued misrule is evident to all. Every
one can answer from his own experience. A
consummation of those wretched experiments and
projects designed by financial and political tink
ers, has brought ruin, embarrassment and dis
tress upon the whole country.
“ Van Buren has always been exceptionable to
the party we belong to. His predecessor was
our arch enemy, but differing from him, in being
an open, oolu and ingenuous one. We cannot
with propriety, or due regard to truth, sustain
Van Boren and justify our apostacy, (for such it
would be,) by imputing apostacy to him, whom
his friends regard as the very mirror of consisten
cy, in his devotion to the principles of Jacksonism.
This is a dilemma in which his new converts
have involved themselves, and from which, to
extricate themselves, they must employ belter
reasoning, and more plausible sophistry, than we
have yet seen exhiuited in their late addresses to
their constituents.
“Weil! as we can in no wise support Van
Buren, shall we act the inglorious part of neu
trals, and thus indirectly be the means of electing
the most exceptionable candidate 1 Or shall wc,
rather by taking sides with his opponents, be in
strumental in accomplishing the defeat of the one
who is in every respect obnoxious to the feelings
and principles of a very large majority of the
party with whom we havealway T s been actingT
We have no hesitation in adopting one of the
alternatives. Had Gov. Troup any thing like
an even chance with the other two candidates,
we should unhesitatingly hoist the roup flag,
and with it nailed to the mast, battle under it,
until the issue was determined. But under no
circumstances can he get more than the electoral
vote of Georgia. I o give him our vote, would
be throwing it away, and at this crisis, when the
distresses of the people call “trumpet tongued”
for reform and a change of rulers, we cannot re
concile to ourselves the propriety of doggedly and
foolishly submitting to such disfranchisement. —
The tune has arrived when we are to regard neu
trality as inglorious, and incompatible with the
character and dignity of the State; and for our
selves, as we are unequivocally opposed to Van
Buren, we are resolved not to oppose him hereaf
ter negatively and passively, by throwing away
our vote upon an unavailable candidate , but ac
tively and decidedly, and with an opposition that
wc trust will tell, by supporting his opponent.
“The State Rights party, as a party, have de
termined to make choice between Harrison and
Van Buren. Our respected contemporaries who
have nominated Troup, cannot expect a concert
ed support for their and our favorite; the attempt
is entirely futile. A fraction and but a minimum
fraction of the party have already expressed their
preference for Van Buren, while the large mass
have spoken, and are daily speaking in a lan
guage not to he misunderstood, in favor of his
opponent. We can no longer halt between two
opinions. For ourselves, we shall insiduously
endeavor to effect a nomination by the Conven
tion to be held in June next, of the candidate,
that under the blessings of Providence and by
the exercise of the wisdom and virtue of the peo
ple will secure the defeat of him who by his cor
rupt and profligate administration, has been as a
blight and mildew to our hitherto prosperous and
happy country.”
Harrison and Tyler Meeting.
Macon, April 11th, 1840.
Agreeably to previous notice, a large concourse
of citizens assembled in the Court House this day
at 3 o’clock, P. M. The laige room of the
Court House and the passage, were filled to over
flowing—composed of citizens attached to both
political paitics of the State, the meeting seemed
animated and fired alone with a patriotic zeal in
the cause of Relief and Reform.
Mr. Jerry Cowles called the meeting to order,
on whose motion Washington Poe, Esq. was
called to the Chair and Simri Rose to act as Se
cretary.
The Chairman having stated the object of4he
meeting, on motion of Col, A. H. Chappell, the
following gentlemen were appointed a commit
tee to retire and report a suitable Preamble and
Resolutions to the meeting, viz., Absalom H.
Chappell. Thaddeus G. Holt, James A. Nisbet,
Edmund Blake, Dr. J. H. Wood, Jerry Cowles,
Samuel M. Strong, Orlando Sadmarsh, George
A. Kimberly, William Scott, John S. M. Bald
win, Erastus Graves, and Cephas Smith,
The Committee retired for deliberation, and re
turning, submitted through their Chairman, the
following Report and Resolutions, viz.
Resolv d. That in the opinion of this meeting,
it is incumbent on that portion of the People of
Georgia who are opposed to the administration of
Marlin Van Burqp, to adopt measures of an ef
ficient character, against his re-election to the
Presidency and for bestowing their suffrages on
some better and more acceptable candidate.
Resolved, That we regard General William
H. Harrison, as such a candidate.
Born, bred up and educated on the soil of the
South, in the State of Virginia—the son of a dis
tinguished worthy of the revolution and signer
of the Declaration of Independence, descended
from an ancestry whoso devotion to liberty, and
whose services and sufferings in her cause, histo
ry records, both in England and America, from
the days of Cromwell down to the opening ofhis
own patriotic career, we cannot doubt General
Harrison’s thorough attachment to our own great
Southern interests, no more than to the free and
happy institutions of our common country. In
early youth, fired by an ardent desire to serve his
country, where she most needed the services of
her sons; ho had just finished his collegiate edu
cation, and entered upon the study of a profes
sion—when he determined to enter the Army, in
order to bear a part in the formidable war then
waging against the North-Western Indian tribes.
Despising ease and safety, renouncing the bril
liant prospects which the circumstances and con
nexions by which he was surrounded held out to
him, to remain at home, he sought and obtained
from Washington an Ensigncy in the Army.
Beginning his new career as the disciple of Anto
ny Wayne; he served an arduous and perilous
military apprenticeship, and learned the art of
war, from the example and teachings of that re
nowned and intrepid commander. How well he
profited by the opportunities he thus enjoyed, is
attested by the estimation in which he was held
by his General, (Wayne) who appointed him
one of his Aids, and bestowed upon him the
meed of public applause, for bis gallantry and
conduct in the great and decisive battle of the
Miami, a battle which terminated the war and re
sulted in the permanent safety and pacification of
the whole North-Western frontier.
The Ind an war being thus at end, and his ser
vices being no longer wanted in the military pro
fession, he was not inclined to follow the idle life
of a soldier, in time of peace. He turned at once
to another fiel 1 of labor, and as Secretary and
Lieutenant Governor and delegate in Congress,
from the North-Western Territory, he approved
himself an able, efficient and valuable guardian
and maintainer, of the great civil and political in
terests confided to his charge. On the formation
of the Indiana Territory, he was appointed by
Mr. Jefferson, and continued by Mr. Madison,
Governor of that large and interesting dependen
cy of the Union. In this station he remained
more than ten years, vested with vast and discre
tionary powers, in the superintendance of all our
Indian affairs in that quarter. In this depart
ment, no man has ever done so much for his
country as General Harrison or done it more ably
and acceptably. But here his duties were not
merely peaceful. When in 1811, the North-
Western tribes instigated by Tecumseh and his
brother the Prophet, assumed a warlike attitude
Governor Harrison was commissioned by Mr.
Madison, to quell their hostilities. This service
he performed in a most effectual manner by seek
ing and signally defeating the enemy on the field
of Tippecanoe—gaining a victory second to none
in the annals of our Indian wartare, save that
in which he had himself participated, on the
hanks of the Miami, under the veteran Wavne
in 1794. J ’
The consummate Generalship and brilliant suc
cess of General Harrison in this expedition, rais
ed his military reputation to the highest pitch, r<
and pointed him out, at the opening of the war, j,
which soon followed with Great Britain, as tne p
pride and hope of the West. Kentucky signal
ized her appreciation of his merits and qualifica- j
lions as a commander, by creating him a Major q
General of her militia, although not a citizen of p,
the State, in order that her sons might be led to f
war under an officer in whom they so greatly
confided. From the Government of the United
States, hs soon afterwards received the appoint- p
ment of Brigadier General, and commander-in-
Chief of the whole North-Western Army. The
country looked to him to retrieve the honor of c
our arms, and to recover our strong holds, and
Territory of Michigan, which had been just then s
lost by the misfortunes and misconduct of Gen. ,
Hull. How well he acquitted himself of the great ,
and difficult task, how fully he succeeded in turn- ,
ing in our favor the tide of war which along the
whole Canada frontier, had been setting uniform- j
ly and disastrously against us, let the faithful re- (
cords of History, let the grateful memories of (
men tell. He drove the combined force of our j
Indian and British enemies Irom the forts and ter
ritory which they had conquered Irom Gen. Hull,
and pursuing them into Canada, overtook, rout
ed and captured on the battle-ground of the
Thames, the army of the infamous Proctor.—
Here, too, the Indian enemy was more than van
quished—the spirit of Indian warfate was crush
ed, for here Tecumseh fell. The consequences
were most important—the tide of war w r as turned,
victory woed and won by Gen. Harrison, through
a long succession of hardships and conflicts, now
perched permanently on our standard, and never
took her flight again. Other Generals afterwards
gained imperishable trophies on every field where
the enemy was met. —But Harrison was emphat
ically the pioneer conqueror, the restorer of our
discredited arms in the late war. And this glo
rious distinction lie owed not to good fortune
merely or mainly, but by the universal suffrages
of the able and heroic officers and soldiers who
shared in his achievements, he was indebted for
it to the consummate abilities which he displayed
as a General and Commander-in-Chief of the
operations of the war, on the north-western fron
tier.
At the close of the war, he entered Congress
as a Representative from the State of Ohio.—
Those who are incredulous as to General Harri
son’s abilities, intelligence and great practical ef
ficiency as a statesman of a high order, will be
surprised at the egregiousness of the error into
which they have fallen, if they will but do him
the justice to make themselves acquainted with
his Congressional career. They will thereby
have every doubt on this subject dissipated, and
converted into admiration. He shows himself on
every occasion in wh ch he participated in debate
and the occasions were frequent, a man thorough
ly imbued with general and political knowledge,
with an acquaintance with the principles of our
Government, the interests and poli-y of the coun
try, united with a familiar command of the trea
sures of ancient and modern history, and of the
literature of our own and of the classic langua
ges. In the Senate as well as the House of Rep
resentatives, in both of which he served sevetal
years, the estimation in which he was held by the
able men by whom he was surrounded, was high,
and such as could be awarded on that theatre on
ly to a statesman of great ability and intelligence,
combined with excellence, sense and sound judg
ment.
There is one circumstance in Gen. Harrison’s
political career, which the South cannot but ap
preciate. In 1822, he was beaten in his Con
gressional District in Ohio, because he had vo
ted against the celebrated Missouri restriction.—
Yet, he has been denounced as an enemy of the
South, whilst Mr. Van Buren who as member of
the Legislature of New York, is understood to
have voted for Rufus King as Senator in Con
gress, that he might be there as the champion of
restriction, is proclaimed as our friend. General (
Harrison’s views on the whole subject of Sla ;ery | 1
are indisputably such, as entitle him to our un- 1
limited confidence in that regard. That he does
enjoy the confidence of that portion of the peo
ple of the South who best know him, and his
sentiments and character, is placed beyond doubt, !
by the enthusiasm and unanimity of the oppo
nents of the administration in Virginia and N. | i
Carolina in his favor. Would Virginia counte
nance and support a candidate for the Presiden
cy, who was open to the slightest, just imputation ,
on this subject ! Would John Tyler consent to
he identified with such a man as a candidate on
the same ticket! It cannot for one moment be
believed.
Why then should Georgia stand aloof from the
support of a son of the South, around whom the
political opponents of the Administration in every
other Southern State are enthusiastically rallying!
Why should we distrust his fidelity and friend
ship to our peculiar Southern interests, when we
have such conclusive testimonies as have been
furnished by his public acts, by his own written
and published declarations, by the conduct and
confidence of his ancient southern friends and
associates, that he is our true, unchanged and un
changeable friend ! The best blood of the South
is in his veins, and it is surely nothing short of a
heinous calumny on Southern blood, and South
ern character, to assume without evidence, that
its possessor has become the enemy of Southern
rights and interests ami institutions, merely be- |
cause the destinies of his life and the service of
his country have cast his residence beyond the
Ohio. Every feeling of Southern generosity,
every principle of common justice revolts at such
an imputation.
“ Satisfied therefore, that there is no reason
why Georgia should separate herself from the
great body of patriots through the land, in the
effort to place General Hanison in the Presiden
tial Chair, and to expel from the power the pre
sent profligate and corrupt administration, an ad- '
ministration under whose bad and unwise policy
the great interests of the country have suffered a
deadly blight, and seem destined to utter ruin—
satisfied moreover, that the existing contest for the
Presi lency is one of such vital importance to the
permanent well being of our country, as to make
it inconsistent with our duty as freemen and
Americans, to stand aloof from the struggle.
It is Resolved, as the sense of this meeting,
that an electoral Ticket, pledged to vote for Wil
liam H. Harrison as President, and John Tyler
as \ ice President of the United Stales, should
be presented to the people of Georgia for their ■
support, and it is recommended to the State
Rights Convention, to be held in Millcdgeville on (
tne first Monday of June next, to nominate such
an electoral ticket.
Resolved, That a Committee of five he appoin
ted by the Chairman, to be known as a commit
tee of Correspondence, to open a correspondence
with such persons as they may deem proper, in
furtherance of the objects of this meeting.
Under the Resolution, the Chair appointed
Capt. Isaac G. Seymour, Thos. N Beall, Jerry
Cowles, John S. Childers, and Eraslus Graves.
Resolved, That a Committee of Five, heappoin
ted by the C hair, to write an address to the people
of Georgia setting forth the grounds of our opposi
tion to the present Administration, and the reasons
of our support of Ha-rison and Tyler.
Under the last, the Chairman apppointed. Col.
Chappell, Major Tarply Holt, James A. Nesbit,
Dr. Ambrose Baber and Col, Everard Hamilton.
Resolved, That a Committee of Twelve, be
appointed by the Chair, to be called the Central
and Executive Committee of Bibb County, to
serve for one year. ■
Under this Resolution, the Chairman appointed 1
Levi Eckley, Cardwell W. Raines, James Wim
berly, Anderson Rice, Roland Bivins, Charles
Sears. Uriah J. Bullock. James D. Carhart, Jehu
Campbell, Thomas A. Brown, Elam Alexander,
and Jerry Smith.
Resolved, That it is expedient thisjneeting b
■epresented ju the Convention proposed ml. i „
n MtlledgeviUe, in June next, and that it *' J
proceed to appoint four Delegates who an. t
nst.ucted to urge upon said Convention*^*
jistmguished and imposing claims of H.rr ’ * e
rylcr. Whereupon the meet.ng- appoint ?
Fohowmg gentlemen as its Delegates viz , he
Chappell, Judge Strong, Judge T G u'\ V ° l
Gen. Elias Beall. ° Ho! b and
Resolved, That the proceedings ofth;-
be stgneu by its officers and published
gia Messenger, with a request that a n?u h Geor *
prints in Georgia, give them an •* *-- e P u *’lic
columns. S lhem an msert.on in th eir
Mr. James A. Nesbit E* 1
sustained the Report and Resalrtinn r ° SR ail(J
and animated speech. C S" an >
terests ot the country, demand \ . gfeat ,n '
administration of the Go vernment ° hange the
Col. Chappell supported the i •
Ungthy speech of great ability " I? 0 , Ut . 10n l S . in a
of Gen. Harrison throughout hi- 1-»- ,he hlstorv
dwelt upon his eminent services I ‘t" 1 Career ~
both as a civilian and warrior—iu COuntr 7-
ability and statesmanship, i n all W .
trust and honor, which he has held CM . ° f
conclusion, exposed the Hard, truly hard Tr'*
of the present administration men, amn n <r S' Cy
are Col. R. M. Johnson and Mr. Ritchie of,?
Lnqu.rer, and otherwise urging his claims ? ■
much force and effect. W
Samuel M. Strong Esq. addressed the meetm.
in an eloquent manner, urging upon them t *
propriety of abandoning old distinctions ami rail?
ing on the Presidential question. - Y '
Hon. Christopher B. Strong came into the mee .
mg at the present stage of its proceedings j u J
from off the Circuit, and rose and addressed V
meeting in a short and pithy speech—read to ?
meeting the high opinion of Gen. Harrison '
given by some of the present leading administ?
lion men, among whom are Col. R. M. Johnso *
and Mr. Ritchie of the Enquirer, and other??
urging his claims with much force and effect
On motion of James A. Neshet, Esq., the rs
port and Resolutions were unanimously adorn?
and the meeting adjourned.
WASHINGTON POE, President.
Sii Ross, Secretary.
Proceedings of Council.
Saturday , 3 o’clock, P. JJ a
April 18, 1840. *
Council met pursuant to adjournment.—Preset
Hon. D. Hook, Mayor.
Aldermen Crump, Dunlap, Warren, Bishop, Rich,
aids, Miller, Robertson, Fleming, Jackson, Bones
and Harper.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The appointment of the standing committees for
the year were read and adopted, and ordered to be
published.
The following Resolutions were offered and
passed: —
By Mr. Robertson. Resolved, That a special
committee be appointed to make an experimental
enquiry into the most effectual and economical
mode of disposing of the trash and rubbish collected
from the yards and streets by the Scavenger. Also,
Resolved, That the hands, carts and appurtenan
ces at present employed for the purpose of receiv
ing the iubbbh,&c. from the streets, he placed un
der the control of said Committee during its inves
tigation, and report at the next regular meeting of ~
Council, or earlier if practicable.
Cn motion that the Committee cjnsistof three
members and the Mayor, the following gentlemen
were appointed : Messrs. Robertson, Wanea and
Harper.
By Mr. Harper. Resolved, That the CommUlct
on streets he authorised and requested to adverts
for proposals to make a drain from Jackson Street
to Campbell s gully, along the centre of Waite:
Street, with a fall of one fool from Jarkson Street.
By Mr. Harper. Resolved , That the Committee
on streets be authorised to fill up by contract, the
side walk, nott!i side Broad Street, at Campbell's
gully, and turn the water which now passes tlia;
way, to Reynold Street, near Campbell’s spring.
The following accounts were severally read and
ordered to be paid :
John 11. Spencer, work on Streets, $54 00
Isaac Taylor, on yard Hospital, 3 50
S. L Basford, on account contract for
paving, 200 00
Council adjourned to meet at half-past 7 o’clock,
P. M. on Saturday' next.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
Council Chamber, '(
April 18th, 1840. j | J
His Honor the Mayor appointed the fol’owin-
Standing Committees for the present year:
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL,
For 1810 and IS4I.
On Accounts —Harper, Bishop, Bones.
On Bridges —Warren, Harper, Parish, Bishop.
On Street< —Parish, Fleming, Robertson.
On Magazine —Crump, Dunlap, Fleming.
On Pumps and Wells —Bishop, Dunlap, Crump.
On Engines —Jackson, Warren, Miller.
On Hospital —Bones, Miller, Jackson.
On Drains —Richards, Harper, Robertson.
On Health —Robertson, Bones, Jackson.
On Charity —Dunlap, Crump, Fleming.
On City Hull —Miller, Jackson, Richards.
On South Commons —Fleming,Parish, Richards.
On River Bank and Wharves —Bishop, Warrfl
Harper.
On Police —Warren, Miller, Jackson.
On Water Works —Harper, Bones, Bishop.
On Jail —frump, Dunlap, Robertson.
On Markets —Parish, Richards. Fleming.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk of Counci'.
RECAPITULATION.
Harper— A« counts, Bridges, Drains, River Bs-'*
and Wharves, Water Works.
Warren —Bridges, Engines, Police, River Bai
and Wharves.
Parish—Streets, Bridges, Markets, South Co® -
mons.
Crump—Magazine, Charity, Jail,Pumps
Bishop—Pumps and Wells, Accounts, River
and Wharves, Water Works, Bridges.
Jackson— Engines, City Hall, Police, Health, fi°-
pital. . ~
Bones—Hospital, Accounts, Health, Water
Richards —Dra.es, Markets, City Hall*
Commons.
Robertson —Health, Streets, Drains, Jail-
Dunlap—Charity, Magazine, Pumps and
Jail.
Fleming—S >uth Commons, Streets,
Charity', Markets.
Miller —City Hall, Police, Hospital, EngiccS
“ We call upon you to give us a sound
cy,” say the people to the administration,
people expect to > much from the
replies Mr. Van Buren.
“I trust you will re-elect me to the presi
says Mr. Van Buren to the people. ff piy a
dent expects to much from the people.
million of freemen. — Louisville JW v:l '
Labor-Saving Machinery.— 1
gines in England are computed to perform
equal to 7,480,000 men; and by operating
chinery, equal to 100,000,000 of men.
